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West Des Moines, Iowa

West Des Moines, Ia

Exceptional Performance Award - 2013Distinguished Performance Award - 2014 Conduct technical verification and validation of new and incremental software releases through manual and automated testing Work collaboratively with QA team to ensure the continued and timely release of quality software to users  Create test plan, summary and sending weekly status reports to other team members Write test cases that verify specific functionality, requirements and design elements are being met Verifying software functionality and data validation and analyzing quality of the new software release version(s)  Find and report issues discovered during testing, in detailed reports Complete regression testing and verify that any issue reported has been resolved in new software builds  Verify software conforms to Data Specifications and other CMS documentation  Compile feedback for review of project documentation – requirements, design, peer review of test cases Testing assessment data entry, user creation, facility creation, standalone installation, client server installation, conversion, import and export of assessments, assessment status and edits

Cedar Falls, Ia

 Worked alongside the head of the department of geography in researching alternatives to traditional lab analysis of lake core samples. Operated lab-based hyperspectral VNIR & SWIR cameras to analyze the composition and progression of the lake beds over time.  Used ENVI software to process images obtained from hyperspectral cameras to investigate key components of soil composition Presented research to over five thousand members of the scientific community at 2011 AAG Annual Meeting